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Re: Need RAM 5500 flat bed height
bigridetime wrote: Thanks for the feedback. I am planning to lift and add some big tires, probably using the Buckstop kit...which will add 7" of height. With a Host Yukon or Mammoth and a low profile A/C unit, to stay under 13'6" I think the bed needs to be no more than 42" high stock. Bedlam -thanks for the measurement. if 42" is right, it will just work! 3 tons - thanks for the info. let me know when you get back in town - would love to bounce some more questions by you. Has anyone had the Buckstop kit installed? https://www.buckstopinc.com/single-wheel-conversions.html Will do…1.4KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Need RAM 5500 flat bed height
bigridetime wrote: Does anyone know the height of the flatbed on a stock 2022+ RAM 5500? Doing a new build and considering the Backstop kit, but want to stay under 13'6" if possible, so trying to figure out how high the stock RAM 5500 is. I have a 2023 Ram 5500 4x4, 60” C/A with a 9’-4” skirted steel CM bed (90” width) and Eagle Cap 995 with basement…While I can’t provide you the exact number at the moment (I’m currently overseas for another week or so…), it’s just under 13’-6” to the top of the air conditioner, and the CM bed installed rest about 6” taller than my previous rear edge of truck-bed, a 2016 3500 4x4 LB DRW - my garage door is 14’ (13’-10” with moulding).. Feel free to PM me if you like… 3 tons1.4KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Furnace Issue
This is a great conversation, I would only add that the distance between the igniter and it’s contact should be about 1/4”…I had the same problem as OP and found that over a time this distance had spread due to vibration - after narrowing this gap, problem solved! 3 tons1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: How much squat?
srschang wrote: I have a 2022 Ram 3500 CCLB dually with a Northstar 12STC that scales at 4800# fully loaded to travel, full water, propane, fridge, clothes, etc. The rear wheel arch of the RAM drops about 4" when I load the camper, so very similar to yours. Not sure if we hi beam folks or not, nobody has flashed their lights at us, and we have over 25,000 miles on the combination so far. One thing you want to check is as you lower the camper onto the truck and the bed is dropping, at what point do the overload springs make contact? On my truck, the overload springs just make contact as the bed stops dropping. That's where you you want the truck to sit. So in my case, if I were to add airbags to level it, the airbags would lift the bed off the overload springs. You absolutely don't want that, as it will make the truck more tippy side to side. So my only choice, if I want the truck bed to sit higher with the camper loaded is to install something like Torklift Upper or Lower Stableloads. They make the overload springs contact sooner as you lower the camper into the truck bed, so they should reduce the bed drop as the camper weight is applied. Like I said, I'd like my truck bed to sit a couple inches higher just for looks, but it's not worth the $400 to me. Exactly!!407Views0likes0Comments
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